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  • 4 Country Songs From 1981 With Truly Memorable Lyrics

    3 Rock Songs From the Early 1960s That Still Make Me Want To Dance Today

    May 24, 2026, 8:30 am

  • 1967 vs. 1968: The Year Rock Music Radically Shifted

    1967 vs. 1968: The Year Rock Music Radically Shifted

    May 23, 2026, 6:00 am

  • UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of Solomon BURKE; Posed studio portrait of Solomon Burke (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns)

    3 Vocal-Driven Songs That Shaped the Sound of the 1960s (And I Bet You’ve Forgotten Them)

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    6 Feel-Good Songs From the 1960s To Kick off Memorial Day Weekend

    May 22, 2026, 12:30 pm

  • On The Charts This Day In 1969, Glen Campbell Was In The Midst Of An Impressive Run Atop The Country Albums Chart Thanks To This Unintentional Protest Anthem

    On This Day in 1969, Glen Campbell Was in the Midst of an Impressive Run Thanks to This Unintentional Protest Anthem

    May 22, 2026, 9:26 am

  • On The Charts 62 Years Ago Today, Buck Owens Was On Top With A Song That Replaced Its Own B-side At No. 1

    On the Charts 62 Years Ago, Buck Owens Was on Top With a Song That Replaced Its Own B-Side at No. 1

    May 21, 2026, 4:45 pm

  • Jim Reeves

    On This Day in 1966, Jim Reeves Was at No. 1 With a Posthumous Hit That Blocked a Beatles Classic’s Rise to the Top

    May 21, 2026, 3:17 pm

  • The Who

    On This Day in 1966, Pete Townshend Smashed His Guitar Into Keith Moon During a Chaotic Onstage Brawl Inadvertently Sparked by a Beach Boy

    May 20, 2026, 3:19 pm

  • Charley Pride

    On This Day in 1968, Charley Pride Shattered a Longstanding Barrier With a No. 1 Country Album

  • 3 Country Ballads That Feel Like Reading Someone’s Diary

    Born on This Day in 1938, the Nashville Legend Who Played on the Biggest Hits From Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, and Charley Pride

    May 19, 2026, 6:45 pm

  • Chubby Checker in publicity portrait, 1960 (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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    3 Forgotten Radio Hits That Every 1960s Teen Secretly Loved

    May 19, 2026, 3:38 pm

  • SHINDIG - Airdate: June 9, 1965. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS REHEARSING

    4 Heart-Tugging Ballads That Hit Big on the Charts in 1966

    May 19, 2026, 8:30 am

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